July 31, 2010

Hamas: Issa Batran, Senior Commander/Bomber Maker Has Work Accident

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes fired missiles, killing a senior commander of the Hamas military wing and wounding 11 people Hamas terrorists[fixed it for ya] in five targets hit across Gaza overnight, the group and the military said Saturday.

The Israeli military said the strikes were in response to a powerful rocket fired from Gaza that hit the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon on Friday, causing damage but no injuries.

Gaza's Islamic militant Hamas rulers said their slain member was Issa Batran, 42, a commander of the groups' military wing in central Gaza and a senior rocket maker.